Michael Kay is back from his brief four day hiatus just in time to call the Yankee/Red Sox games. John Flaherty and for the first time this season, Al Leiter are in the booth with Kay. Call me crazy but I have a feeling the questions will be flying tonight!
Here we go!
Kay throws out some useless stat about BA vs Bucholtz when a batter has 2 strikes.
"Is that because of his great curveball?"
On Varitek's struggle's with Wang
"When a batter is 0 for 18 against you, are you worried about the 'due theory'?"
On Wang facing the Red Sox in back-to-back starts.
"Al when you pitched well against a team and then faced them the next week did you change the way you attacked them?"
"John, how about you, did you have a different gameplan?"
After Wang is visited on the mound by the pitching coach.
"Let me ask you this Al, when a pitching coach comes out to the mound and tells you what you're doing wrong, how difficult is it to fix it?"
On Randy Johnson
"Was he ornery to catch?"
On pitching to Manny.
"Al what would be your perfect pitch to him?"
"John, what about you?"
*Note: Kay is super-annoying and on record pace tonight, firing off 8 questions so far in just 2 1/2 innings!
On Yankee/Red Sox games
"John, what was Yankee/Red Sox like for you?"
"Al, you opened your career with the Yankees then later came back and beat them later in your career, what did those matchups mean to you?"
After Moeller broke his bat singling in a run.
"How tough is it for a pitcher to collect himself after a battle like that and to lose it on a broken bat blooper?"
On Wang having different results vs Boston this outing as opposed to last week.
"When Wang dominated the Red Sox last week he threw a bunch of 4-seam fastballs. This time, is it because he has a different catcher or did he just change hi plan of attack?"
"You also have to wonder, was he comfortable with Moehller?"
Another random useless question.
"When Wang came back in the dugout Mussina came over and spoke to him, does a pitcher want to talk to anyone after an outing like this?"
Yet another completely random question
"Al when you first came up, was the next pitch for you with a 2-0 count always a fastball?"
Side rant: Can we stop talking about the Yankees brutal schedule and the times they are getting into cities? It isn't like it's 1920 where the players are taking trains and buses to games. They have the best airplane money can buy, I'm sure it's more comfortable than any plane I'd ever travel in. They can recline and sleep and relax. Life as a basball player in 2008 must be sooooo rough.
And another thing...enough with the camera shot like I'm sitting right behind the umpire!!! I want to see the game from centerfield like I have for the last 30 plus year!
On the Yankees getting in late before games.
"John, how dabilitating is it, getting in at 4:00AM before games?"
A Kay random theory that turned into a question.
"When the offense scores so much in the early innings are they worn out or are the pitchers just better as they get into later innings?"
Wow! 17 questions by Kay tonight asked to Flaherty & Leiter. Was I watching "Centerstage" tonight or a baseball game?
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